The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-08
Tho Infant,. Inheritance.

r. no new assertion this. that we are the
result Of our inherited virtues and sins. plus
ON. circumstances We cannot stand alone,
We canno. affect 10 ignore those from whom
we have derived our origin, since they have
PLACID uoon our brow the inefIaceabe seal OF
fIoir own characters Take the new born
babe. living SD helpless, apparently so uncon-
ecious. in it, mothers arms. Surely ITS MIND
is blank and unstained, surely upon it it
paronts NAV write whatsoever they will.
How mistaken the suppOsition! Behind the
closed lids burn the fires Of untold genera
tions. weaknesses and strength never before
suspected. living dormant for generation
perhaps. are to find their full development IN
TN, mite of humanity.
Fifty years ago sweet faced woman had
strange, Aeetiug visions Of beauty; they MT
ted across the horizon Of her mental concep-
ton and were gone. There was within her
neither uover II concentration nor OF execu-
ton. Now. fifty years after, withn ms
brain. yet wing faIlow, the visions are stored,
and i1 time those little fingers beating the air
IN innocent AMER shall unfold 10 the world
boauti... hitherto seen only in dreams. His
will he tire power Of expression. but the first
dawnnics of his keen perception Of the beau
tiful and Of his longings after its embodiment
had their uprising, III another soul. and were
transmitted To him, combining there with
eleneats transmitted from other sources,
ontu that combination was reached which
gave to him the power to concentrate Inese
images end 10 express them.-Julla A. risen
in TIE Current.
# suppose there are fashions in grave
stones as we'll as in anything else"
Certainly there are The heavy style.
such as one used TO see universally in bury
ing grounds up to twenty years ago, Is be-
coming antiquated and Going out Of fashion.
What takes now is the light airy kind Of
work. with graceful outlines, and Of fine ma
te,ial Angels, small statues after the Greek,
doves and fancy figures are now most in
vogue. Next 10 them there is the rough
J ,tvle-iust the hewn rock, showing the I'M
+ polished surface. That seems to be the best
/ liked by mouTners Of n serious, contempla-
+ tive turn Of mind, while sentimental people
+ prefer the other style
"As to the degrees Of grief now" it was
/ asked. did your experience teach you that
/ Young people sorrow more visibly and expen-
/ siyelv over their dead than do mourners Of
/ sedate agep
"From my own experience | should jddge
that eyed people are more apt to spend their
money freelyin fine tombstones than younger
/ persons. lt may be that young folks feel II
rs much as older ones, but they haven't got
the money TO spend, you see, as a rule.
know often have trouble enough collecting
my bills from such people even If it's for
nothing heavier than little baby angel.
/ Widows, must say, as a rule are good Gus
toners: widowers, not nearly 50 much. And
that's as true Of the young as Of the Old per-
hars even truer OF the young ones
"Do widows who have buried successive
husbands show just as poignant grief-as ex
pressed on tombstoncs-ont the demise of their
second or third husband as on that OF the
frstF
@Well. now, that's a ticklish question &c
ask" replied the artist Il couldn't be sure
Of it; still, if l can Judge from what I've
seen. should say that the widows grief be-
comes all the stronger on putting her second
or third one under the sod'-New YorA
Mail and Express.